2010-11 Men's Tennis

Edgar Rodriguez

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 160
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Bogota, Columbia
  • Highschool Colegio Integral Baquerizo y Murilo

Biography

Spring 2010: Earned second straight First Team All-A-Sun selection ... Finished season with 19-12 overall record and a 14-8 dual meet mark ... Posted an 8-1 A-Sun mark and notched a 10-2 mark at No. 1 singles ... Posted a three-set win over Northeast Region''s fourth-ranked Marc Powers of Yale, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) (3/16) ... Added a win over Carolina Region''s 16th-ranked Davy Sum of Campbell, 7-6 (2), 6-4 (4/6) ... Posted an 18-4 doubles mark with partner Ramiro Blanco, notching a 9-1 A-Sun mark and an 11-3 mark at No. 3 doubles ... Posted a 9-8 (1) win over No. 43 Georgia Tech''s Dusan Miljevic and Ryan Smith at No. 3 doubles (1/17) ... Posted a 9-8 win at No. 3 doubles over No. 48 UC Irvine''s Nick Northcutt and Fabian Matthews (3/14).

Fall 2009: Finished fall with a 5-4 singles mark and a 0-2 doubles mark ... Won first round match at the Southern Intercollegiate’s over Mercer’s Fernando Armendaris, 6-1, 6-3 ... Earned an at-large bid to the D’Novo All-American Championships, advancing through the pre-qualifier to the qualifier at the tournament ... Earned the eighth-seed in the pre-qualifier bracket, posting wins over Oral Roberts’ Matt Tansil and Sacremento State’s Jimmy Roberts (Oct. 2-5) ... Fell in the pre-qualifying finals, but earned a wild card into the qualifying singles draw ... Won two main draw matches before losing in a third-set tiebreaker at the ITA  Carolina Regionals (10/15-17).

Spring 2009: A-Sun Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-A-Sun selection ... Finished 17-8 in singles play and 22-1 in doubles play ... Posted a 12-5 mark at No. 1 singles and a 4-1 record at No. 2 ... Added a 17-0 mark at No. 3 doubles ... After a 2-4 start in singles, won 13 of his final 17 matches ... Posted a 7-6, 6-3 win over No. 63 ETSU''s Sander Gille, 7-6, 6-3, at No. 2 (4/8) ... Won last 22 doubles matches of the year, including 11 each with Jack Roux and Ramiro Blanco ... Posted doubles wins over No. 71 UNC Wilmington and No. 63 ETSU ... His 22 doubles wins are tied for seventh in school history.

Before USC Upstate: Graduated from Colegio Integral Baquerizo y Murillo ... Played in the boys'' junior division singles and doubles at Wimbledon in 2006 ... Played several years on the ITF Juniors Tour, rising to a ranking of 81st in March of 2006 ... Finished his juniors career with a 51-31 singles record and a 44-25 record in doubles play ... Climbed as high as 1,506 in the ITF Men''s Circuit doubles rankings in Oct. 2006 and had a ranking of 1,660 at the end of 2006 in singles play.

Personal: Born on April 30, 1988… Son of Edgar Rodriguez and Pilar Sanchez… Has one sister, Ana Maria… Married to Vivana Rodriguez… Has two daughters, Maria Paula and Violeta… A business administration major... Favorite food is seafood… Favorite TV show is "Heroes"… Favorite actor is Will Smith… Favorite season is fall… Favorite sports figures are Pete Sampras and Roger Federer... Enjoys fishing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

    6'2" 160 lbs
  • 2010-11Junior

    6'2" 160 lbs